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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
Big feels finishing this series. But so much good closure and rewarding answers to questions I’ve had for a long time.
adventurous
emotional
funny
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
3.75 stars. This last trilogy was certainly an improvement over the previous ones, although still not anywhere near as good as the original Riftwar or Serpentwar Sagas.
A great read from Raymond E. Feist that wrapped up a lot of the missing links presented in the other books of the Riftwar Saga. Although it is better to read the whole series, starting with Magician first, before getting to Magician's End, I felt that one could also read Magician's End, at the same time understanding a lot of the background.
While the concepts in the book were a bit confusing (in part due to the build up that Feist has done in the numerous past books and plot lines before Magician's End), they did force me to take my time and savor every bit of the book to try and fully understand what the characters were going through. I really love how Feist took the same advice that Pug learns in Magician's End, "When in doubt, return to the fundamentals." Magician's End in its entirety brought back a lot of the unexpected twists and turns, as well as the same feelings of joy, victory, sadness, burden, love, uncertainty, inevitability, and fate that Feist's first book had, but lost in the numerous sequels following.
Furthermore, it was in Magician's End that I also got to experience Feist's conception of how history can repeat itself, in a time that is far removed from the original books that he wrote. In the span of a century plus, Feist shows how everyday events that transformed the first Riftwar have since turned into legends. In that sense, history is also a spiral. Things seem the same as in Magician, yet the circumstances were also different than in the other books, and the risks even greater.
Each of the characters Feist portrays has to deal with some form of consequences, some dealing with consequences that seem paltry, while others - who have lived longer and have tried to measure up to greater expectations - are faced with far greater consequences. Yet in the end Feist shows his readers how much the world is held together by the bonds that we forge with one another, and the love that we share for wanting to make our lives and the lives of others better than before.
While the concepts in the book were a bit confusing (in part due to the build up that Feist has done in the numerous past books and plot lines before Magician's End), they did force me to take my time and savor every bit of the book to try and fully understand what the characters were going through. I really love how Feist took the same advice that Pug learns in Magician's End, "When in doubt, return to the fundamentals." Magician's End in its entirety brought back a lot of the unexpected twists and turns, as well as the same feelings of joy, victory, sadness, burden, love, uncertainty, inevitability, and fate that Feist's first book had, but lost in the numerous sequels following.
Furthermore, it was in Magician's End that I also got to experience Feist's conception of how history can repeat itself, in a time that is far removed from the original books that he wrote. In the span of a century plus, Feist shows how everyday events that transformed the first Riftwar have since turned into legends. In that sense, history is also a spiral. Things seem the same as in Magician, yet the circumstances were also different than in the other books, and the risks even greater.
Each of the characters Feist portrays has to deal with some form of consequences, some dealing with consequences that seem paltry, while others - who have lived longer and have tried to measure up to greater expectations - are faced with far greater consequences. Yet in the end Feist shows his readers how much the world is held together by the bonds that we forge with one another, and the love that we share for wanting to make our lives and the lives of others better than before.
Having just finished Magician's End Raymond Feist has brought use full circle, he has woven a wonderful tapestry of both war and redemption. The World of Midkemia stands on the brink of total destruction by the very heart of darkness, in order to save the wold Pug His son Magnus and all Their friends and allies must do the unthinkable. In the End Lives lost loved one gone Pug does what only a father can and trades his life for his son's dieing instead of Magnus but so great was all he had sacrificed over all his years of guardianship the gods are devious and so in the End the book ends as Magician began. I Know many of you will ask what the heck??? i dont want to give spoilers so read the book if like me you have been here from the start 30 years ago you will know what i mean. I had forgotten Pugs real boyhood name until i read the last pages of this book, it left me with tears in my eyes, and an ahce in my heart to see us come full circle. Thank you for a wonderful 30 years.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As a finale to the series it wasn’t great. The Dread the big bad that the entire series has been building too plays second fiddle to a civil war plot.
The character deaths didn’t really land with the impact they should after over 20 books.
It could have been so much better.
The character deaths didn’t really land with the impact they should after over 20 books.
It could have been so much better.
Here we are thirty books later. What am I going to do with my life after this??